Review: Aniara
Blu-ray: Aniara (2018)Aniara is a science fiction poem written by Swedish Nobel laureate Harry Martinson in 1956. The title comes from ancient Greek and means \’sad/despairing\’. The poem tells the tragedy of a spacecraft bound for Mars with a cargo of colonists from a dying Earth. After an accident, the ship is ejected from the Solar System […]
Live Event: For The Love Of Horror, BEC Manchester, October 19th – 20th, 2019
It’s hard to believe that it is now coming up to 1 year since I first attended an event run by Monopoly Events, which was their ‘For The Love Of Sci-Fi‘ in November 2018. Since then it has been my pleasure to cover their Liverpool Comic Con, and Comic Con Manchester. This however was my […]
Review: The Take
Blu-ray & DVD: The Take (1974) Billy Dee Williams stars as \’Sneed\’…a hot shot crooked cop (and fashion icon…just wait until you see some of his clothes) who moves from San Francisco to Paloma, New Mexico to help fight crime. The move to Paloma does nothing for his morals though, and he gets on the […]
Review: 3 From Hell
Blu-ray: 3 From Hell (2019)Following directly on from The Devil\’s Rejects, Otis (Bill Mosely), Baby (Sheri Moon Zombie), and Captain Spaulding (Sid Haig) return in 3 From Hell.Writer/director Rob Zombie gives more of the same \’grindhouse\’ style storytelling as the titular \’3 from hell\’ once again cause pain and mayhem to everyone they meet, all […]
Review: Man of a Thousand Faces
Blu-ray: Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) The problem with a lot of ‘true life’ stories in film is that they are invariably NOT true. My very cursory knowledge of Lon Chaney is that only the main points of this biopic are ‘real’. But it really doesn’t matter, mainly because the star of this film […]
Review: Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
DVD: Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special (1980)For those of you who may be unfamiliar with our titular hero, let me explain who Worzel Gummidge is.He is a walking, talking scarecrow who has a variety of interchangeable turnip, manglewurzel (YES, Manglewurzle) and swede heads, each of which suited a particular occasion, like tea with the Queen or […]
Review: Oil in the Blood
Blu-ray & DVD: Oil in the Blood (2019) Let’s get one thing clear from the beginning: I’ve never been a huge fan of motorcycles. I went to the TT races (twice) in the Isle of Man in the early 1980’s, I used to watch the Anglo-American Transatlantic Match Races at Oulton Park (also in the […]
Review: Skinner
Blu-ray & DVD: Skinner (1993) Released for the 1st time in the UK on any format, and at one time thought to be a lost film, Skinner has been restored and presented in this release with a 4k scan and additional extras. Dennis Skinner (Ted Raimi) rents an apartment in a house owned by Kerry […]
Review: Black Gunn
Blu-ray: Black Gunn (1972) A group of black revolutionaries (BAG…Black Action Group) rob a Mafia run gambling operation of not only their cash, but also their highly confidential ledger books. Scott (Herbert Jefferson Jr.) is a part of BAG and is also the younger brother of Gunn (Jim Brown) who is a successful nightclub owner. […]
Review: A Score To Settle
DVD: A Score To Settle (2019) Released from prison after serving 20 years for a crime he didn’t commit, Frank (Nic Cage) tries to rebuild a relationship with his son, while also seeking revenge on those who betrayed him. What could be a fairly basic plot, unravels with enough twists and turns to keep you […]